Gibbons P.C.

Infobox Law Firm
firm_name = Gibbons P.C.
firm_logo =
headquarters = Newark, New Jersey
num_offices = 5
num_attorneys = approximately 230
num_employees =
practice_areas = General practice
key_people = Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Chairman and Managing Director [ [http://www.gibbonslaw.com/biographies/attorney_biography.php?attorney_id=66 Dunican firm bio] ]
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date_founded = 1926
founder = Andrew Crummy
company_type = Professional corporation
homepage = [http://www.gibbonslaw.com/ gibbonslaw.com]
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Gibbons P.C. is a large U.S. law firm based in Newark, New Jersey. The firm has 230 lawyers in five offices across three states, and has been ranked among the top 200 firms in the United States on the AmLaw 200 Survey. [ [http://www.martindale.com/Gibbons-PC/law-firm-426827.htm Martindale profile] ] As of 2005, Gibbons was the fourth-largest law firm in New Jersey. [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1115715916526 Article about Marston's career from Law.com] ] In 2007, Gibbons was ranked 193rd in the National Law Journal's list of the 250 largest American law firms.

History

The firm was founded in 1926 by Andrew Crummy, a World War I veteran who attended New York University and Harvard Law School. After working as an IRS agent he formed a law partnership which was originally called Crummy & Rossbach. John Joseph Gibbons, for whom the firm is currently named, originally joined the firm in 1950, and stayed until 1969 when he was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Gibbons returned to the firm in 1990, at which point the firm was called Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione. [ [http://www.gibbonslaw.com/gibbons_legacy/index.php Firm history] ]

Gibbons is one of many large law firms providing counsel to the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Practice areas

The firm is well-known for its litigation practice, particularly in the area of civil rights. The John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law, founded by Judge Gibbons, represents and files amicus curiae briefs on behalf of poor and underrepresented parties, often on a pro bono publico basis. [ [http://www.gibbonslaw.com/practices/index.php?action=view_practice&practice_id=54 Gibbons Fellowship page] ] The firm also has practices in corporate law, securities, international trade, tax law, intellectual property, real estate, white-collar criminal defense, and many other areas. [ [http://www.gibbonslaw.com/practices/index.php Full list of practice areas] ]

Notable lawyers and alumni

* David W. Marston, former United States Attorney who was ousted by President Jimmy Carter, founded Gibbons' Philadelphia office. [ [http://www.gibbonslaw.com/biographies/attorney_biography.php?attorney_id=327 Marston's firm bio] ]
* Jonathan Hafetz, one of the Guantanamo Bay attorneys, was a Gibbons Fellow before joining the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. [ [http://www.brennancenter.org/people/hafetz_jonathan Hafetz's biography from Brennan Center] ]

Offices

*Newark, New Jersey
*New York City (at One Penn Plaza)
*Trenton, New Jersey
*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Wilmington, Delaware

References

External links

* [http://www.gibbonslaw.com/ Homepage]
* [http://www.lawperiscope.com/profiles/101.html LawPeriscope profile (outdated)]
* [http://www.vault.com/companies/company_main.jsp?co_page=1&product_id=9059&ch_id=242 Vault.com profile (under old name)]
* [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/usa/FirmProfile.aspx?fid=65873&mode=firms&display=1 Chambers USA profile]
* [http://www.martindale.com/Gibbons-PC/law-firm-426827.htm Profile] from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell